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As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee kept interest rates unchanged Wednesday in its last meeting before the U.S. midterm elections. [...]
Mexican naval forces killed cartel operator Jesús González Peñuelas, known as "El Chuy," during an air and ground operation that began Monday. [...]
An Egyptian court has ordered the shutdown of independent journalism website Mada Masr and arrested its editor. Editor Lina Attalah was fined $53K. [...]
Brazilian immigration lawyers in the U.S. reported a surge in inquiries about moving abroad after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's re-election. [...]
No one party or political bloc has secured a majority in Israel's election, but a record has been set for the most number of seats won by Arab parties. [...]
In this Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope, we visit a turbulent cauldron of star formation to see what is brewing inside dense clumps of [...]
The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission is inspected by a technician at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in late July. [...]
NASA test pilot Mike Lippert poses for a photo ahead of his first time flying the agency's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2026. [...]
Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21, 2026. [...]
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove. [...]
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies [...]
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. [...]
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, [...]
Author Archives: Kip
Cleaning a Plasma TV
Yet more tips on plasma HDTVs. Most plasma sets have a very thin anti-glare coating on top of their protective glass. You don’t want to scratch this coating or dissolve it. So, right off the bat — Windex and paper … Continue reading
Component Cables and HDTV
I’m here to quickly dispel a myth — that you have to use a digital cable of some sort to hook up HDTV. It’s complete and utter crap. If you have a good component cable (you’ll need three video jacks, … Continue reading
Bouncing Babies
Ahh, I have good news to relate. A friend of mine, an old friend and fellow Berkeley alum, whom I shall refer to only by her initials, L.S., is due to deliver a baby girl this Tuesday (although she herself … Continue reading
A quick tip for plasma TV owners
If you ever run your plasma HDTV in 4:3 mode, you should be very aware of this. Most plasmas will display 4:3 mode with two light bars to the left and right of the picture. This can cause burn-in, just … Continue reading
Oh, how the mighty eBayers have fallen…
If you want to see what the Playstation 3s on eBay are selling for, check this link: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=playstation+3&category0= Indeed. The mighty eBayers who waited in line in the rain, got beaten up by PS3-hungry thugs, who peed against alley walls … Continue reading
I can offer no excuse for the Patriots
Perhaps Maroney being hurt affected the team super-adversely. But 78 total yard passing by Brady? What a terrible game. Miami deserved the win. I hate to say it, but they deserved it, they even deserved the shut-out that they pitched. … Continue reading
Tips for installing an HDTV with a Comcast Motorola Box
Figured I might just add some few helpful tips here about hooking up an HDTV with a Comcast HD-ready box. First of all, you need the Comcast HD-ready box, as I mentioned. It’s a silver Motorola (not the black ones, … Continue reading
Plasma — oh *yes*!
The 42-inch flat-panel plasma arrived today. It’s a Panasonic, and, my God, it is beautiful HD on it is crisper than I thought it would have been, the contrast is great, the colors are vivid — FINALLY, I have one … Continue reading
Wherefore the hell art thou, Plasma TV?
So, here I am, having ordered a 42-inch plasma HDTV from Circuit City…and the idiots can’t seem to figure out when to deliver it. First they said it was coming Friday, now they tell me I have to get a … Continue reading
Burn, USC, BURN, BURN IN HELL!
Muhahahahahah! Hahah! HAH! USC bites it in a contest with UCLA. Oh, thank you God. If it couldn’t be Cal, at least another UC-system school… May your throwing arm break in two, Booty.
